Improvement in railroad-rail supports



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W. S. MALLORY.

RAILROAD RAIL SUPPORT.

No. 42,586. Patented May 3, 1-364.

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W.s. MALLORY] RAILBUAD RAIL SUPPORT.

Patented May 3, 1864.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. MALLORY, OF BATAVIA, NEW YORK.

IM PROVEMENT lN RAILROAD-RAIL SUPPORTS.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 42.686, dated May 5, 1864.

.l' 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S.1\IALLORY, of the town ofBatavia, in the county ofGenesee and State of New York,have invented a new and Improved Combination Rail Support and Connection for the Ends of the Rails on Railroads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Plate 1, Figure 1, is a'plan view of said rail support and connection. In all the figures of the different plates the lines in red ink represent parts concealed from View. Fig. 2 is a side view, and the dotted line running through both figures is-designed to show a sectional cut. Fig. 3 is a sectional view across the center, and Fig. 4 is an end'view. Plate 2, Fig. 1, is arepresentation, side view of a portion of said rail support and connection, leaving out all not represented here; and Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, but showing the device for supporting and connecting the rails as placed on both sides of the rails, Plate 3, Fig. 1, is a plan view of said rail support and connection, leaving out all not represented here. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is an end view. Plate 4, Fig. 1, is a plan view of said rail support and connection, leaving out all not represented here Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is an end view.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceedto describe its construction and operation.

The base plate, letter a, upon which the structure rests, is made of wron ght or cast iron, about one-half of an inch thick, one foot long, and about eight inches wide, and is placed transversely to the rails, and rests upon the ground, or upon one of the sleepers or crossties of the road, to which it is fastened by bolts or screws or a screw-bolt. A portion of the surface at one end is corrugated. I attach to this base-plate two jaws, made, either of cast or wrought iron, in the form represented by letter b, Fig. 4, Plate 1, by means of screws, so that the base-plate serves as a nut for the screw. The bottom of one of said jaws is corrugated, and rests upon the corrugated surface of the plate, to which it is fastened by screws in slotted holes, so that the same may be adjusted closely to the rails or the side pieces attached to the rails and upon the face of each rail.

jaw rollers or balls are inserted, so as to prevent friction between said jaws and rails and allow free expansion and contraction. These jaws'are so constructed and arranged as not to cramp the flanges of the rails and break them.

I make a shoe fitted to the bottom of the rail, with flanges on each side rising vertically a little higher than the flanges of the rails, or it may be made and used without any flanges, and may have rollers on the bottom rising a little higher than the surface of the bottom, so that the rail can expand and contract freely, and this shoe may be continued the whole length of the road, and thus form a continuous This shoe is distinguished by letter f. Inside of the flanges of this shoe f, I place a thin flat metallic shoe without any flanges, letter g, upon which rest the bottom of the rails, and the rails are jointed together in the form and manner represented in Fig. 2 of Plate 3, so that they will rest and bear upon each other at the ends.

Upon the top of the flange of the shoef, or upon the flange of the rail, I place a baror plate with one or more rollers, and I then fasten said shoe to the base-plate or a crosstie by a screw-bolt or spike having ahead with rollers upon the under side which shall project over said plate or bar, arranging the same so as not to cramp the flange of the rail and cause it to break. This bar. or plate extends from one rail to the other, and is fast ened to each, and by this-meansI break the;

joint and secure a free action, and allow the rails to expand and contract, and at the same time hold them fast. When this last-described arrangement is used, I bolt the rail firmly t6 the tie at its center; and allow it to contract and expand each way therefrom. The head of the screw-bolt with rollers is designated by letter 9 and the flange of the shoe with the bar or plate by letter h, Fig. 1, Plate 1. I also support and connect the ends of therails by means of a metallic bar, whichima'y bcrouud or otherwise, firmly bolted to the side of the end of one rail and fitted thereto,-and extend ing beyond the end of the other rail from one to two feet, and entering atube or any open fastening on the side of the end of the other rail, so constructed as to fit each other. The

tube may be of gas-pipe, andfastened to the rail byrings, or it may he slot-ted and held be supported and connected.

by a Tbolt. Upon the opposite side of the rail a corresponding arrangement may be used with the tube and bar reversed-via, the tube being opposite to thebam' and the bar on the other rail opposite-to the tube. The tube and bar are represented by the letter h Fig. 2, of

Plate 1, and are more. fully illustrated by Plate 2. I also attach oneach sideof the rails two side pieces about twenty inches long, of metal or wood, which are fitted to the hollow part of the rail, and braced at the bottom against the flangeof the bottom shoe, f. They are distinguished by the letters t and k, the

former being upon the inside and the'latter upon the outside, of the rail. Upontheinside of the side piece, k, is a depression for the action of a rollbr or ball inserted in the rail, or the roller may be placed in the side piece. There is also inserted. "in the rail a roller extending through the same, so as to be operated by the side pieces on each side. This roller is distinguished by the letter I. The side pieces are held to the rails and bottom shoes in part inthe following mannerzI bolt the flange of the rail oneach side to the bottom shoes by two bolts having rollers upon each to prevent friction, extending vertically up-- ward, and having eyes upon the top of each,

through which passes abolt or rod extending through a roller on the rail and through the side pieces, and secured by a nut. The-vertical bolts are secured bynutsunder'the bot- I tom of the shoe, screwed down upon a crpss-ii piece or the shoe, and this cross-piece h'as'af place in the center for a set-screw, so as to be The,

able to tighten the same to the shoe. vertical bolts arereprescnted by letter m, and the cross bolt by letter 0, the set-screw by letter n. '(Fig.4,Plate1.)

In the bottom ofthe rail or railsl place one or more rollers, distinguished by letter p, Fig. 2, of Plate 1. -0n' the flangesef the bottom shoe, or from the side of the shoe when there are no flanges, I make an ear on each side, extending up high enough, so that a bolt, maypa-ss through the ears and slotted holes in the sidepieces and rails, designated by lettert, Fig. 1,

Blatl.) With theseeiar's and bolts rails may beheld and connected byusing the required number. The ear isjmarked letter 1', Fig. 2

of Plate 1. ii alsoibolt to the base-plate a, or to a cross-tie, two metallic arms, one on one side, extending up, and then horizontally through a 'slot'ted'hole'in the rail, and through an eye on the top of the other arm, which extends up to the rail'on .the otherside, and is secured by a nut, and-by this means the rail is firmly held, and by the use of these arms thus arranged with others the rails will These arms are distinguished byJIe'tter s, and the bolts which bolt them to theL-base-pIate by letter t 1 also connect'and'support the ends of the rails by two bol-ts extending up through the "bottom of the 'shoe on each side 'of the rail,

' with an eye on the top of one and the other bent and forming an elbow, and passing through the side pieces and rail, and secured and tightened by-ai nut. The bolt is provided with a roller where it rests against the'side pieces to prevent-friction.- These bolts are distinguished by letter u. d

' Plate 2 illustrates and represents apart of the above-described combination rail support and connection, as the same may be used practically without the other parts, and Plates 3 .and 4 are like illustrations of parts of said invention. I

Having thus described my invention and its construction and operation, what i claim, and desire to secure by Letters. Patent, is as follows 1. The construction of a rail chair or support to the rails, having-adjustable jaws that can eitherbe attached to the sleepers or 'to a base-plate, andthe latter fastened to the sleepers, when said jaws, or oneof them, is held andupon the bottom portion-pf them, littingto corresponding corrugations upon the bases plate, and made adjustable bymeansofa setscrew and slot in the jaws, and when the upper and inner ends, coming in contact with the rails, are-furnished with rollers, inthe manner and for thepurposes set forth.

- 2. The construction of a shoe for the recep tion of the rails with flanges on each side thereof to prevent -.-la teral movement, on one of which flanges a'bar extending across the join ts of the rails, inwhich rollers are placed to prevent friction, said shoe, or the'flanges of the rail, if desired, when no shoe is used, being held in position'upon the chair or sleeper by means of screws or spikes with rollers in the head thereof, so adjusted as to hold either the shoe or the rail in the manner and for the purpose s'et'forth'.

3. Placing a roller or rollers in the sides of the rails, and also in the bottom of the same, arranged and constructed as described, and for the purposesset forth. 7

necting them together by means of hollow tubes, slotted or otherwise, and secured to the rails by rings or in any suitable manner,con-

structed and arranged substantially as de- I scribed, and for the purposes set forth.

5. Supporting and connecting the ends of nails by means of side pieces on each side, extending across the joints, with rollers inserted therein and bolts passing through slot? as described. '7. Making thebottom shoe with or without yerticalfianges, and holding the rails thereto by means of the said side pieces, a cross-plate ,under said shoe, with bolts passing through holes in the same near 'each end, with nuts 4; Supporting the ends of the rails and con-Q under the bottom, forming a kind of stirrup, and said bolts passing up through the shoe,

one of said bolts being in the form of an elbow, passing through said pieces and rails, and an eye upon the top of the other bolt, secured by a nut, said bolts having rollers on the side bearing'against said side pieces, and also set-screw n, the whole combined and arranged as herein set forth and described.

8. The combination and use of rollers, balls, and wheels with the rails and side pieces, bases or supports, for the purpose herein set forth, and substantially as described 9. Sustaining the ends of the rails by the jogs on each end thereof, iii-combination with the side pieces and the bolts and fastenings' u a, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth. a

' W. S. MALLORY.

Witnesses: E. T. Fom),

GrnBEn'r B. TOWLES. 

